DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513560601.089

ISBN: 9781513560601

Drawing on an expanded data set covering emerging markets and low-income countries as well as advanced economies, this issue examines the extent and makeup of global debt and asks what role fiscal policy can play i...

Publication Date:
05
October
2016

ISBN: 9781513560601

This appendix comprises four sections. Data and Conventions provides a general description of the data and conventions used to calculate economy group composites. Fiscal Policy Assumptions summarizes the cou...

Publication Date:
05
October
2016

ISBN: 9781513560601

At 225 percent of world GDP, the global debt of the nonfinancial sector—comprising the general government, households, and nonfinancial firms—is currently at an all-time high. Two-thirds, amounting to about...

Publication Date:
05
October
2016

ISBN: 9781513560601

Drawing on an expanded data set covering emerging markets and low-income countries as well as advanced economies, this issue examines the extent and makeup of global debt and asks what role fiscal policy can play i...